ABBOTTS ICE CREAM, RARE, Vintage Metal Menu Display & Advertising Sign

Original Metal Menu Display and Advertising Sign. Collectible Ice Cream Store Display. Red, White & Blue colors.

Sign includes Original paper inserts, including 4 extra ones. Chain on the back for hanging the display. 29" x 12.5" x 1 in size. Photographs are the best condition description. The piece has some wear, light scratches, marks etc, but is in Exceptional overall condition, especially given its age.

There may be some light glare/reflection and shadows in some photos. Please enlarge and use the photos as your primary condition description. This Vintage piece displays very nicely.

Abotts began in 1876, when George Abbott began his dairy business from his farm in Salem County, New Jersey. Abbott pioneered ways of keeping milk cooler as well as developing bottles with lids to package the product. Abbott quickly expanded his business and relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and within a short period he opened 16 milk stores within the city centre area. They were named Abbotts Alderney Dairies Milk Stores, and business boomed. The name'Alderney' originates from a breed of cattle from the British Channel Island of Alderney, that were a cross breed of Guernsey and Jersey Dairy cattle.

By 1900, Abbot's Alderney Dairies Inc. Had corporate offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with branches in Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey.

The company grew and in 1919 Abbotts acquired a large Ice Cream business, the 1927 consolidation with Dolfinger Dairies gave way to the shortened company name of Abbotts Dairies Inc. In 1950, the company merged with Fairmount Foods of Omaha, Nebraska and the Abbotts name continued into the mid-1980s, with Abbotts being discontinued in 1984. This sign is a Rare Collectible display piece, tied to the 108 year history of Abbotts Dairy and Ice Cream company.

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